326 20 77825 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 28.02.1877 Proper date: 28.02.1877 Description An account of the resource Once more concerned with the question of building and build costs. They give an estimate of costs and another computation of the types of expenses incurred so far. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XV..253 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Station Conference Protocoll Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 12.03.1877 Proper date: 12.03.1877 Description An account of the resource Reports in extenso the destruction of the swish walls of the 2nd storey of the mission building by an unexpected early March thunderstorm (This is mentioned in the printed 1877 Annual Report). Damage is calculated at £60. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XV..254 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 07.04.1877 Proper date: 07.04.1877 Description An account of the resource With the arrival of missionary Buss on the station in March came 5 carpenters, though one has since returned to the coast. Weimer can now speak twi. He reports a frequent saying among the workmen that when the buildings are finished they will all come up here and worship God, and their children will come to the .school. They have restored the damage to the mission house by setting up plank walls instead of swish ones for the Second storey. (There is a subscript by Mader complimenting the missionaries on their speedy reactions to the earlier storm damage. He also says that he hears David Asante has 'brought back a horse and a cow from Salaga). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XV..255 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Weimer to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 13.04.1877 Proper date: 13.04.1877 Description An account of the resource The letter is mostly concerned with the question of his marrying. Evidently the matter is already in train, and the father of the lady involved is not ready to give his consent without knowing more about the accommodation in Abetifi. Werner therefore informs Basel about the building-state, and their expectations over the course of the next few months. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XV..256 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 20.04.1877 Proper date: 20.04.1877 Description An account of the resource Part of this letter is printed in ‘Heidenbote’ 1877, p. 78 under the title “The Fetish Tree of Asiakwa”. The only part of the report relevant to the Kwahu station is that he was able to recruit craftsmen for Abetifi only in Akropong, where it seems to have been am comparatively straight-forward matter. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XV..263 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Buss's First Quarter Report for 1877 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 17.05.1877 Proper date: 17.05.1877 Description An account of the resource Werner’s marriage has been arranged. He is currently in Begoro, having travelled there on his horse newly bought from Salaga. Contrasting the progress of the two stations, he says that the main problem at Abetifi is the existence of slavery. All the people working on the buildings are slaves of someone else, and so have no free will when it comes to becoming a Christian or not. Equally they cannot decide whether their children should come to school or not. However, Werner thinks that given an institution the children are boarded and clothed by the mission or a grant of money to cloth pupils twice a year (he calculates £20 p.a. for 30 pupils), they would be able to recruit a reasonable school. Governor Freeling during his visit to Akropong asked that the Kwahu missionaries should advise him over the following: - What is the state of political relations between Asante and Kwahu? - Are the missionaries well received by the Kwahus, and have they anything to fear from the Asantes? - How close is the connection between Kwahu and Salaga? - Would it be profitable or is it necessary for Kwahu to come under British protection? If so in what way should this be done? Werner says he has answered to the best of his ability. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XV..264 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner's First Quarter's Report for 1877 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 31.07.1877 Proper date: 31.07.1877 Description An account of the resource Mainly an account in general of the building. He does however, write in praise of the workers whom he brought with him to Abetifi. When he shows them how to do a thing they can do it, for example, windows, which everyone knows demand very careful work they were able to tackle straight away under his guidance. The two best carpenters are Okoi from Accra, still a heathen, and Kwabla from Abokobi, a Christian. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XV..265 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Buss's Second Quarter Report for 1877 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 05.09.1877 Proper date: 05.09.1877 Description An account of the resource Contains political news. They were surprised a fortnight ago to hear from the coast news of a danger of war between the Juabens and Asante. No such worry is present in Kwahu, where the impression is that the Governor had taken energetic steps to ensure that the Juaben chiefs in Akim and Akwapim kept the peace. There is a rumour that the Asantehene has given the British Government £22’000 with the request that he will keep the Juabens from going to war with Asante. 6 weeks ago they received a second teacher – Em. Dako, who has quickly organised a school of about 14 boys of between 8 and 14. So far there has been little interest in the Christian religion. They have been the object of much friendliness in the chief fetish priest, but this only underlines their mutual unacceptability. Anyone in Abetifi town who says anything against the liturgies or his rules is punished, and he and one elder are together the main source of the influence exterted against boys coming to the school. There is a subscript in this letter from Dieterle in Aburi saying that on September 9th Captain Hay travelled back to Christiansborg withy many Akim people carrying 100 guns and much powder seized from the Juaben chiefs in Akim. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XV..261 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 15.01.1878 Proper date: 15.01.1878 Description An account of the resource The report is partially printed as an appendix to the Annual Report of the Basel Mission 1878 (p. 85ff). It is mostly phased in general terms. The Christian community has with difficulty been assembled on the quiet of the mission hill, away from the row of the heathen town. 4 have moved away, three died, the total of the end of 1877 was 28. He describes fetish reactions of a typhus epidemic. Catechist Obeng is having great success in the village round about, though only Fankyeneko is named in this connection. Additional material in the manuscript version: He describes in detail the difficulties experienced in getting the Christians out onto the mission station. One Christian had a very pretty house with all the accustomed comforts - a crude four-poster box bed, hung with ornaments and a large number of mirrors in the room. Another had an elderly father or relatives to look after who were heathens and believed that if they came into the Christian village the fetish would kill them. With others it was mainly a matter of laziness. The latter were simply commanded to move. As a digression to the above paragraph he gives a certain amount of information about furnishings etc. the bed is usually the most important piece of furniture, and often the only one. He has seen a room in Fankyeneko with no less than 13 mirrors in it; the owner must have brought one back with him every time he went to Accra. If the owner of a room has any pretence at education there will also be yellowing pictures out of an illustrated newspaper on the walls. The losses to the community are specified: - 2 carpenters, one mason and a boy who were in Begoro as a result of the building moved away (the boy to Akropong). - The deaths were of Joseph, the head of family baptised in the first group, and one of his children. The other is Johannes Asamoa, another of the first group of baptism and a member of a numerous and influential family. Since both their wives were also baptised (Asamoa’s wife with the name Sophie) the station now has to young widows. A fourth death occurred on the station at the end of the year – a maidservant who was still a heathen, and indeed her grandmother and father-in-law were both fetish priests. The Christians behaved well on the whole, except for one man who drank too much. There have been few baptismal candidates – perhaps because of the deaths on the station, though the epidemic in the town also to blame. The station now has a teacher in addition to Catechist Obeng, and though a fair number of boys have come fairly from the opposition between town and mission during the epidemic. The other villages where Catechist Obeng has worked with success are named as Osino, Dwenase, and Gyampoani. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XIV..252 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Annual Report for 1877 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 07.09.1877 Proper date: 07.09.1877 Description An account of the resource A description of the consecration ceremonies in the church on Ascension Day. They like Abetifi had had great difficulties putting up swish with the frequent rains. They were visited by Werner from Abetifi, the Boys Boarding School pupils from Kibi, the Kukurantumi congregation under Koranteng their catechist. All dressed in white European-style clothes, and al carrying an umbrella (Mohr was clearly scandalised by this, though he seems to have done no more than preach to his congregation later that clothes do not make a Christian). A catechist came from Odumase too, but lost his way en route and was three days late. They had a harmonium on the station, but sadly no bell. The whole population of Begoro came to the ceremony, and the chief was in the chapel both in the morning and evening celebrations. The Kibi boys sang a three-part hymn, then the whole congregation sang ‘Lobet den Herrn’ (Komfo Jehova); to hear it sung by so many people made a deep impression on everyone. David Asante was unable at the last moment to attend to preach the sermon, so that Simon Koranteng was asked to do that; Heb. 4vvv14-16 over Jesus the great high priest. Then the Begoro children sang ‘Yen asem ye yen, Awurade’. 4 men, 2 boys a little child, and 4 women were baptised. The service ended with another three-part hymn from the Kibi boys. During the whole long event the people there were all eyes and ears, very quiet. After this a meal was served for the people from outside Begoro – plantain fufu, chicken, monkey, or fish. Palm-oil or groundnuts. The afternoon service began with the hymn ’Me ne me fi’ (Ich und mein Haus will dem Herrn dienen), and then there were short speeches from Missionaries Glatzle, Werner and catechist Meier from Kibi. The Begoro catechist then gave a short sermon about marriage, and then they proceeded to the first Christian marriages in the new church – there were three pairs. The names of the pairs are given as Mose and Johanna, Johannes and Sophie, Jakob and Julie. Each mother had a baby in arms with her. Right at the end of the marriage service there was a terrific thunderclap right over the church. The weekly liturgy set up in the church is – Sundays a service and a two-hour Sunday school for old and young - morning prayers at 5.45 for the people of the station, and evening prayers to which people from the town come. There are prayer meetings twice a week also. The school is held in the chapel each weekday. Less than 6 weeks later Joseph Owosu died (he had been called Joseph Su in earlier reports). He is pictured as having died as a faithful Christian, praying to be taken to heaven since he was no good here below (his limbs we swelling up), and asking for and receiving the sacrament. Hid widow Hanna stayed on the station, though Mohr heard later that she had accused an Akwapim man of killing her husband and her only son (he dies less than a month later). The missionaries reckoned they had lost, so far as they could judge, the ‘strongest’ Christian on the station – he was an earnest man, and full of faith like a child. A school examination was held. Several boys can already read and write and make calculations. They are weak on biblical history, but Catechist Obeng is to blame since he makes them learn it off by heart, and they soon forget. Several of the boys have been chased out of their homes by their relatives and are Christian refugees on the station. School attendance is often very irregular, however, mainly on account of work with the snails. Despite the rain the Catechist Obeng has been visiting the villages in the valley below Begoro. In Fankyeneko the Baptist candidates now number 9 men, 2 women, 3 children. He has also visited Gyampomani, - formerly a large town mostly inhabited by Begoro people, which has been depopulated by strife between the inhabitants. Dwenase has also been visited – a town about the size of Fankyeneko. There is a subscript to the letter from Buck (treasurer) in Christiansborg. The shortage of carpenters is acute in Christiansborg too; Brother Seeger is having to put up his wages also. The great problem seems to be the demand for carpenters in Lagos. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XIV..249 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Third Quarter's Report for 1877 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 05.10.1877 Proper date: 05.10.1877 Description An account of the resource Almost entirely concerned with the problems of building. He lost his first set of building apprentices because he was too tough with them. The second set he has been more successful with, but now they want more money, and are choosy how much work they will do, and are very irregular in attendance, using family excuses to have days drinking. Troubles are threatened in the town because most of the ordinary day-labourers are no longer needed, and they have become used to having money. The craftsmen who remain on the site have an idea of their own value, and are constantly trying to obtain more money. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XIV..250 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Glatzle to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 26.12.1877 Proper date: 26.12.1877 Description An account of the resource The dialectic between Christians and heathen at the time of Johannes Asamoah's death was in terms of the heathen saying 'The School kills' and the catechist preaching 'why then are so many people dying in Begoro town?' The work went better, except for the number of festivals which were attended by the workmen in Begoro town. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XIV..251 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Glatzle's Fourth Quarter's Report for 1877 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.III. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.30 - Ghana 1878 Title A name given to the resource General School Inspector Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.V. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.30 - Ghana 1878 Title A name given to the resource Ga-Adangme District Conference Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.VI. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.30 - Ghana 1878 Title A name given to the resource Ga-Adangme Chairman Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.VII. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.30 - Ghana 1878 Title A name given to the resource Ga-Adangme School Inspector Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.VIII. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.30 - Ghana 1878 Title A name given to the resource Christiansborg Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.IX. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.30 - Ghana 1878 Title A name given to the resource Abokobi Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.X. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.30 - Ghana 1878 Title A name given to the resource Odumase Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XI. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.30 - Ghana 1878 Title A name given to the resource Ada